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[I. COMMENCEMENT]
IS HEREBY GIVEN OF A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD THURSDAY, APRIL 13TH, 2023 AT 7:00 PM AND THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OCCLUDE CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 1 0 8 MAIN STREET, GLUTE, TEXAS 70 75 31.FOR THE BELOW LISTED ITEMS, CITY COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT ANY TIME DURING THE COURSE OF THIS MEETING TO DISCUSS ANY MATTERS LISTED ON THE AGENDA AS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
INCLUDED BUT NOT LIMITED, SECTION 5 5 1 0.071, CONSULTATION WITH AN ATTORNEY.
55 1 0.072 DELIBERATION ABOUT REAL PROPERTY.
5 5 1 0.073 DELIBERATIONS ABOUT GIFTS AND DONATIONS.
55 1 0.076 DELIBERATION ABOUT SECURITY DEVICES 55 1 0.087.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FOUR 18.17 5.183 DELIBERATIONS ABOUT HOMELAND SECURITY ISSUES AND IS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS TAX CODE.
INCLUDED BUT NOT LIMITED, SECTION 3 2 1 0.3022 SALES TAX INFORMATION.
YOU AGENDA THE PACKET IN THE VIDEO LINK OR POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE@WWW.CLTETEXAS.GOV.
PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE ALLOWED IN PERSON AND WILL OCCUR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING UNDER THE PUBLIC COMMENT ITEMS. TO REGISTER TO SPEAK OR TO SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS, PLEASE EMAIL CITY CLERK ROSIE APPOINTMENT ROSIE CLTE TEXAS.GOV.
AT LEAST TWO, TWO HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING, RECORDED OF THE MEETING VIDEO WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH OPEN MEDIA ACT MEETING HAS NOW BEEN CALLED TO ORDER.
MR. BOND, WOULD YOU CARE TO GIVE US AN INVOCATION? WE WANNA THANK YOU ANOTHER.
WE ALSO WANNA THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR US, AND EVERYTHING YOU PROVIDE FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL IS NOT MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IN LINE WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE LIBERTY.
NOW I HAVE ROLL CALL CALVIN SHIFFLET.
FIRST ITEM, THE SCISSORS VISITORS COMMENT.
I SEE NONE IN MY PACKAGE, UH, AS SIGNED UP FOR THAT.
[III. CONSENT AGENDA]
READING THAT ITEM AND MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.ITEMS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE OR GENERALLY ENACTED IN ONE MOTION.
YOU ACCEPTED THIS RULES THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY REQUEST MORE AND MORE ITEMS BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE ACTION.
TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF MINUTES.
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, MARCH 23RD, 2023 AT 7:00 PM HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
COUNCIL PERSON VAUGHN AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR.
ANY DISCUSSION? ANY ITEMS NEED TO BE REMOVED? HEARING NONE.
[IV. BUSINESS ITEMS]
NEXT ITEM WOULD BE BUSINESS ITEMS. AND THE FIRST ITEM IS A PROCLAMATION FOR DELL PAPA DISTRIBUTING AS CITY OF KLUTE PROCLAMATION.WHEREAS IN 1980, CITY OF KLUTE HOSTED THE FIRST ANNUAL GREAT TEXAS MOSQUITO FESTIVAL AS A WAY TO PROMOTE THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE RESIDENTS WITH A SAFE, FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT EACH SUMMIT.
AND WHEREAS DEL POPPI DISTRIBUTING HAS BEEN THE PRESENTING SPONSOR OF THE GREAT TEXAS MOSQUITO FESTIVAL SINCE AT LEAST 2002, AND HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE GREAT TEXAS MOSQUITO FESTIVAL SINCE ITS INCEPTION, WHEREAS THE GREAT TEXAS MOSQUITO FESTIVAL COULD NOT HAVE GROWN INTO THE EVENT IT IS TODAY WITHOUT THE SUPPORT AND HELP FROM DEL PAPA DISTRIBUTING.
AND WHEREAS IN RECOGNITION OF OUR LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIP, CITY OF CLTE NOMINATED DEL PAPA DISTRIBUT FOR THE TEXAS FESTIVAL EVENTS, T F E A 2022 SPONSOR PARTNER OF THE YEAR AWARD AT THE 2022 T F E A STATE CONVENTION.
AND WHEREAS DEL POPP DISTRIBUTING WAS SELECTED BY A PANEL OF INDEPENDENT AND STATEWIDE JUDGES TO RECEIVE THE T F E A BEST IN TEXAS SPONSOR AWARD SPONSORED PARTNER AWARD IN 2022.
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK DEL POPPA FOR THEIR CONTINUING SUPPORT OF THE GREAT TEXAS
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MOSQUITO FESTIVAL AND THEIR STATEWIDE RECOGNITION AS THE BEST IN TEXAS SPONSORS PARTNERSHIP NOW.THEREFORE, OUR CALVIN SCHOOK MAYOR THE CITY INCLUDE, HAVE THE DISTINCT PLEASURE TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE DELL POPPY DISTRIBUTING AS AN INTEGRAL PARTNER OF THE GREAT TEXAS MOSQUITO FESTIVAL.
READ AND PROCLAIMED THIS 13TH DAY OF APRIL, 2023, SIGNED BY MYSELF AND THE TESTED BY ROSE PO CITY CLERK.
WILL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING? UM, JUST THAT WE, UH, WE HAD A MEETING WITH THEM YESTERDAY.
THEY'RE AT ANOTHER EVENT TONIGHT.
WE PRESENTED TO HONOR THANK FOR BASICALLY 40 YEARS OF SUPPORT AND HELPING US GROW OUR FESTIVAL.
THEY, THEY APOLOGIZE, BUT THEY'RE VERY THANKFUL.
I SEE A LITTLE PRESS RELEASE IN HERE TOO THAT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT BLACKSTOCK NAMED TEXAS FESTIVAL, THE EVENTS ASSOCIATION PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR.
THAT WAS ALSO AN AWARD I GOT UP THERE, THE CONVENTION LAST FALL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION.
NEXT, IT WILL BE CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE SECOND OF TWO READINGS ADOPTING RESOLUTION NUMBER 15 DASH 2023 FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION DISTRICT DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS FOR THE DIXON SHOPPING CENTER LLC AND DANIEL SUSHAN LOCATED AT 1 0 2 DIXIE DRIVE.
1 0 4 DIXIE DRIVE ON SIX DIXIE DRIVE, 1 0 8 DIXIE DRIVE, 1 0 8 A AND ONE 10 DIXIE DRIVE.
7 0 2 DIXIE DRIVE AT EIGHT 15 DIXIE DRIVE.
ARE THESE LOCATIONS ON DIXIE DRIVE? YES, SIR.
AND THIS WOULD BE RESOLUTION NUMBER 15 DASH 2023.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF KLUTE TEXAS CONTAINING A PREAMBLE APPROVING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO BE ENACTED BY THIS KLUTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2022.
2023 PROVIDED THIS RESOLUTION OF TAKE EFFECT FOR AND B FOUR FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSES IN ADOPTION, WHEREAS THE CITY OF FLUTE, TEXAS IS A HOME RULE CITY AND A HOMEROOM IN THIS PROUDLY LYING IN SITUATED IN BRAZORIA COUNTY, TEXAS AS DESCRIBED AND DEFINED BY SECTION FIVE, ARTICLE 11 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF TEXAS, THE SECTION 1.005 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF TEXAS RESPECTIVELY.
WHEREAS THE FLUTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, EDC IS A TYPE B NONPROFIT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AUTHORIZED UNDER TEXAS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS ACT.
TITLE 12, SECTION 5.01 ET SEC, SPECIFICALLY CHAPTER 5 0 5 OF SAID ACT.
AND WHEREAS THE EDCS SPECIFIC PURPOSE IS TO SUSTAIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS AND PROVOKE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY, WHEREAS THE CITY AND THE EDC HAVE MADE THE SPECIFIC FINDINGS THAT THE EDC MAY PURSUE THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS SET FORTH BELOW THAT SAID, PROJECTS ARE AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ACT AND THAT THE PROJECTS PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CITY OF BLUE TO SATISFY THE REQUIREMENT OF SERVING A PUBLIC PURPOSE.
WHEREAS PRIOR TO PASSAGE OF THIS RESOLUTION, THE CITY CONDUCTED TWO PUBLIC READINGS OF THIS RESOLUTION.
AN OPEN SESSION OF DULY NOTICE AND POSTED COUNSEL MEETINGS AND FURTHER FINDS THAT A DULY NOTICE THE POSTED PUBLIC HEARING WAS PREVIOUSLY HELD BY THE EDC ON THE PROJECTS CONTAINED HEARING NOW THEREFORE BEING RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF INCLUDE TEXAS FIRST.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF INCLUDE FINDS THE FACTS CITED IN THE PREAMBLE HERE OF ARE TRUE.
SECOND, THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY INCLUDE HEREBY APPROVES THE FOLLOWING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOR THE 20 22 20 23 FISCAL YEAR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT WITH DAN HAN FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES LOCATED ALONG DIXIE DRIVE.
THIRD, THE FUNDS TO FUND THE ABOVE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN BUDGETED AND NO FURTHER AUTHORIZATION IS REQUIRED FROM THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE EDC TO IMPLEMENT THE ABOVE PROJECTS.
FOURTH, THIS RESOLUTION SHALL TAKE A FORCE TAKE EFFECT AND BE ENFORCED FROM AN AFTER ITS PASSAGE ON ADOPTION RED PATH AND ADOPTED THIS 13TH DAY OF APRIL, 2023.
IT WILL BE SIGNED BY MYSELF AT TESTED BY ROSE APPOINTMENT CITY CLERK AND APPROVED AS FORM BY CHRISTOPHER DUNCAN, CITY ATTORNEY.
IF Y'ALL REMEMBER WE HAD THE FIRST READING AT THE LAST MEETING,
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THIS WOULD BE THE SECOND READING AND WOULD ACTUALLY BE THE APPROVAL OF THE, UH, OF THE PROJECT.SO THAT BEING SAID, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 15 DASH 2023 AS READ? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION MOVED BY COUNCIL LAR SECOND BY I'LL SECOND BY COUNCIL PERSON.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS ALONG THAT STRUCK THE ROAD.
Y Y'ALL BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB AND YES.
I'M RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IN THE WHERE THE DOLLAR TREE IS.
I'M RIGHT NEXT TO DOLLAR TREE.
THE, OUR STATE GOVERNMENT KIND OF MAKES IT HARD TO DO ANYTHING REAL QUICK, SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE.
NEXT ITEM WOULD BE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 21 DASH 2023 AWARDING THE BID FOR THETE WATER IMPROVEMENTS IN THE BRIAN SUBDIVISION PROJECT.
IT WOULD BE RESOLUTION NUMBER 21 DASH 2023.
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF KLUTE, TEXAS AWARDED BID FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 C D B G FUNDED WATERLINE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOR BRIAN SUBDIVISION.
WHEREAS MCMANUS JOHNSON, CIVIL ENGINEERS, MJ C E, PREPARED A BID PACKAGE AND SELECTED SOLICITED SEALED BIDS PROPOSALS FOR MULTIPLE CONTRACTORS UNDER THE PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES REQUIRED BY THE FEDERALLY FUNDED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BROCK GRANT PROGRAM PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY BRAZORIA COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY AND M J C E CONDUCTED A FORMAL BID OPENING ON MARCH 29TH, 2023 AT 11:00 AM WERE FIVE SEAL BIDS WE'RE OPEN UNANNOUNCED.
WHEREAS IN THE CONDUCT OF DUE DILIGENCE PRE-AWARD M J E C, MJ C E DETERMINED THAT THE ANNOUNCED LOW BIDDER HAD SUBMITTED A DEFICIENT APPLICATION AND FURTHER HAD NEGATIVE REFERENCES LEADING THEM TO RECOMMEND THE SECOND LOWEST BID FOR AWARD AFTER CONFERRING WITH BRAZORIA COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
WHEREAS FOLLOWING THOSE FACTS, MJ C E IS RECOMMENDING THE PROJECT BE AWARDED TO H T I CONSTRUCTION OF ROSEBERG TEXAS WITH A COMPLETE APPLICATION AND A TOTAL BID OF $574,852.
NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEXAS.
THAT HTI CONSTRUCTION OF ROSENBERG, TEXAS IS HEREBY AWARDED THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE CITY'S FISCAL YEAR 2023 CDBG FUNDED WATERLINE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOR BRIAN'S SUBDIVISION WITH THEIR BID OF $574,852.
READ PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 13TH DAY OF APRIL, 2023, BE SIGNED BY MYSELF AND TESTED BY ROAD APPOINTMENT CITY CLERK.
WHERE IS THIS? THIS IS THE, UH, IF YOU WANNA THINK ABOUT MONTGOMERY MAGNOLIA, UH, OLD INGLETON ROAD.
ALL ALONG OLD INGLETON ROAD FROM BRAZOS WOODS SOUTH OF MAINE.
SO, AND IF YOU'LL, UH, RECALL ONE OF THE KEY FACTORS IN MAKING THIS DECISION TO SERVE THIS AREA, THERE ARE CURRENTLY ONLY TWO FIRE HYDRANTS FOR ALL OF THOSE STREETS.
UH, THIS WILL PUT A FIRE HYDRANT ON AT LEAST ON EVERY STREET, UH, AND ALLOW US TO DO FLUSHING AT THE END AS WELL UPGRADE THOSE LINES FROM THE OLD AC TO SIX INCH NEW PVC.
SO, UH, AS NOTED IN MY MEMO, OUR COST WERE, UH, NAIVELY LOW
UH, BUT WE HAVE MORE THAN ADEQUATE FUNDS IN THE WATER CONSTRUCTION FUND TO COVER THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.
SO WHAT DID WE ORIGINALLY PUT THE, IN THE, I GUESS WE PUT IT IN THE BUDGET.
HOW MUCH DID WE PUT IN THE BUDGET? WELL, OUR MATCHING COST, WE ESTIMATED TO BE 243,000 AND THEN THE COUNTY'S PUTTING IN 260,000 AND THAT WE STILL HAVE A SHORTFALL, SO.
AND SO WE'LL HAVE TO TRANSFER FUNDS FROM THE FUND BALANCE, UH, TO COVER THE, TO COVER THE DIFFERENTIAL.
SO, AND THEY'VE REALLY ONLY HAD TWO FIRE HYDRANTS THIS ENTIRE AND THEY'RE A FIRE HYDRANTS YOU CAN SEE FROM OLD ANGLETON, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM.
THAT, THAT'S THE, LIKE EVERY OTHER STREET HAS AFIRE HYDRANT.
AND AS AT NOTED IN HIS MEMO, OCCASIONALLY THERE ARE OTHER CDBG FUNDS AVAILABLE.
FOR PEOPLE THAT, THAT DON'T SPEND ALL THEIRS OR SURPLUS EXCESS MONEY, SOMETIMES THAT'S AVAILABLE AND, AND WE COULD POSSIBLY GET SOME OF THAT TO OFFSET THE COST AS WELL.
HAVE WE EVER DONE ANY WORK WITH H T I CONSTRUCTION? UH, THE CITY HAS NOT.
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FROM THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON.UH, THEY'VE ALSO DONE WORK FOR THE CITY OF ROSENBERG AND THE CITY OF WHARTON.
THEY HAD GLOWING REFERENCES IN COMPARISON TO THE, UH, INITIAL LOW BIDDER.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF I TRUST LIKE JACKSON
I DIDN'T SAY IT, I DIDN'T SAY IT.
HAVE WE DONE WORK WITH ANY OF THE OTHER, UH, CONTRACTORS? UH, WE HAVE THE, THE HIGH BIDDER AND THE SECOND HIGH BIDDER.
UH, WE'VE DONE WORK WITH PREVIOUSLY, UM, AND ADD GOOD RESULTS.
WE'VE HAD GOOD RESULTS AND SOME BAD EXPERIENCES AND SOME BAD EXPERIENCES.
WITH ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE, UH, ONE OF THE BIDDERS WITH THE ADDITIONAL, UH, KEY RATE THAT FIXED.
A LOT OF THOSE STREETS IN THERE ARE WHAT, 300, 400 FOOT LONG? YES, SIR.
SO, YOU KNOW, ONE FIRE HYDRANT IN THE METER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, JUST ABOUT COVER BOTH DIRECTIONS.
JOHN, YOU'LL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM.
YOU, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? NO, I JUST, AREAS HERE TWO, SO SIX NINE.
SO IT'S GONNA IMPROVE THE SYSTEM OVERALL FOR ALL THOSE RESIDENTS PLUS SOME TO WORK ON THE SEWER? THAT'S CORRECT.
THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE OLDEST SECTIONS OF TOWN TOO.
IT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S PROBABLY SOME OF THE FIRST DEVELOPED STREETS IN THE TOWN AND SOME OF OUR PREPLANNING AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE IN, YOU TALK LOUD BUT NOT LOUD ENOUGH.
EVIDENTLY, SOME OF OUR PRE-PLANNING AND EVERYTHING, AS FAR AS WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE LOOKED AT EVERYTHING AND SOMETIMES IT MAY MEAN STRINGING OUT AND EVERYTHING A THOUSAND FOOT OF A HOSE LINE AND THAT'S WHAT WE CARRY ON THE TRUCK.
AND IF IT'S FURTHER THAN THAT, IT WOULD HAVE TO TIE ANOTHER VEHICLE INTO IT STUFF AND LESSEN OUR WATER PRESSURE AND ALL THAT.
SO THIS WILL HELP NELL HANK VERY MUCH.
THE ONLY THING I'LL HAVE TO ADD IS, IS WHEN YOU ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THAT THEY, THEY CAME WITH GOOD REFERENCES AND UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT WE HAVE SOME OUT THERE WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
UH, CAUSE WE WILL BE TAPPING A 12 INCH LINE THAT GOES DOWN ALL EAGLETON ROAD ALL THE WAY DOWN.
AND, UH, FOR EACH OF THOSE STREETS WE'LL HAVE, MAKE A NEW TAP.
AND THE GOAL IS TO, THEY WILL HAVE TO KILL THE OLD LINE THAT'S THERE.
SO THERE WON'T BE A, AN OLD LINE THAT'S GONNA BE IN SERVICE AT THE SAME TIME.
SO YEAH, WE, WE'LL BE MAKING, UH, TAPS ON A 12 INCH LINE AND SO I WANNA MAKE SURE WE GOT SOMEBODY IN THAT DOES WHAT THEY'RE DOING THERE.
UNLESS YOU GOT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THEY SHUT THAT 12 INCH LINE DOWN.
YOU SHOWED A WHOLE UP LOT OF STUFF DOWN.
WE LEARNED THAT EARLIER THIS SHOW.
WELL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE, UH, OKAY.
HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 21 DASH 2023.
WHAT ACTUALLY, WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR THE, FOR THE PROJECT? WE, UH, ONCE, NOW THAT WE'VE GOT THE, ONCE WE GET THE APPROVAL, WE'LL ISSUE THE NOTICE TO PROCEED.
THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE PROJECT DONE BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR OR WE HAVE TO ASK FOR AN EXTENSION FROM THE COUNTY AND FROM HUD.
AND THAT'S NEVER A PLEASANT THING TO DO.
UH, SO ARE, WE'RE GONNA LIKE LET THE RESIDENTS KNOW THAT WHEN IT'S GONNA BE STARTING AND HOW LONG YES MA'AM.
YEAH, TYPICALLY WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL GO DOOR TO DOOR IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND LET THEM KNOW AND LEAVE A DOOR HANGER, HEY, WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING AND YOU MAY EXPERIENCE TEMPORARY SERVICE OUTAGES.
CDBG HAS A TIMELINE AND IT HAS TO BE COMPLETED IN, SO, OKAY.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO TRY TO GET IT DONE, LIKE I SAID.
OR WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH HOOP TO GET AN EXTENSION.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, ILL ENTERTAIN A VOTE.
BUT THEY NEED TO SIGN A CONTRACT AND GO TO WORK.
YEP, WE WILL GET THEM ROLLING.
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WOULD BE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 22 DASH 2023 APPROVING A MODIFIED TASK ORDER FOR EXPANDED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RELATED TO FACILITIES NEEDS ASSESSMENTS TO INCLUDE PUBLIC WORKS.AND IT WOULD BE, IF I CAN GET THE PAGE RESOLUTION NUMBER 22 DASH 2023.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF INCLUDE TEXAS APPROVING ADDITIONAL SERVICE PROPOSAL FOR RANDALL SCOTT ARCHITECTS FOR THE INCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN THE ONGOING FACILITIES NEED ASSESSMENT.
ASSESSMENT FURTHER ALLOCATING FUNDS REMAINING IN THE ENTERPRISE OPERATING BUDGET FOR SAID PURPOSE.
WHEREAS THE CITY PREVIOUSLY ENGAGED RANDALL SCOTT ENGINEER'S R S A TO CONDUCT CONDUCT A FACILITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WHEREAS THE CITY PUBLIC'S PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS LIKEWISE IN NEED OF SUCH SERVICES WHERE RSA HAS APPROVED AN ADDITIONAL SERVICE PROPOSAL TOTALLY $19,600 FOR THE ADDITION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY IN THE ASSESSMENT.
AND WHEREAS CITY HAS IDENTIFIED AVAILABLE FUNDS WITH THE, WITH THE ENTERPRISE WATER OPERATIONS OPERATING BUDGET SUFFICIENT TO COVER THIS COST THROUGH REALLOCATION.
NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF COUNCIL OF CITY OF FLUTE, TEXAS, THAT THE ADDITIONAL SERVICES PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY RANDALL SCOTT ARCHITECTS TO INCLUDE PHASE ONE, TWO, AND THREE FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS HEREBY APPROVED.
FURTHER THAT THE FUNDS FOR THE OH TWO DASH 4 25 DASH OH FIVE SEVEN OH LINE ITEM IN THE ENTERPRISE WATER OPERATING BUDGET BE REALLOCATED FOR SET PURPOSES, READ PAST AND ADOPTED THIS 13TH, 13TH DAY OF APRIL, 2023, SIGNED BY MYSELF AND HAS TESTED BY ROSE APPOINTMENT CITY CLERK.
I'M, I'M NOT TO BE LIKE PICKY OR ANYTHING SURE.
BUT 20,000 TO, TO TAKE THE ASSESSMENT.
SO THEY WANTED 40,000 FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ASSESSMENT AND THEN THEY OFFERED US 20,000 TO DO THE PUBLIC WORKS ASSESSMENT.
UH, I WILL TELL YOU THAT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ARE NOT CHEAP.
AND DURING THE CONDUCT OF THE POLICE ONE, THEY GOT TO TALKING ABOUT LOCATIONS AND I MENTIONED THAT WE WERE SQUEEZED IN THERE AND THAT'S WHEN THE CONVERSA WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS AS A PACKAGE GROUP.
MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT CHEAPER AS A PACKAGE OR MAYBE THIS IS A, A DISCOUNT I GUESS ON ONE DEPARTMENT COMPARED TO TWO.
UH, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DO NOT COME CHEAP.
AND ARE THEY, ARE THEY DOING A GOOD JOB WITH THE, WITH THE ONE THAT WE REQUESTED FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? EXCUSE ME.
WE, WE'VE MET WITH THEM, UH, VIRTUALLY A COUPLE TIMES.
WE, UH, THEY THEN SENT WORKSHEETS OUT THAT MY STAFF AND ME COMPILED WHAT OUR NEEDS WERE.
THEY BASICALLY, THE WAY THEY DO IT IS WHAT DO YOU NEED RIGHT NOW? WHAT DO YOU NEED IN FIVE YEARS? WHAT WILL YOU NEED IN 10 YEARS AND WHAT WILL YOU NEED IN 15 YEARS? AND SO THAT WAY IT'S A LONG-TERM PLAN FOR, FOR THAT BUILDING.
UM, I'VE BEEN VERY HAPPY WITH THEIR SERVICES, UH, IN THAT, UM, IT, I WAS IN THAT SAME MEETING WITH CJ AND, AND BASICALLY IT, IT IS A LOT OF MONEY, BUT THEIR THING IS, IS IF WE DO IT ALL AT ONE TIME, BIG PICTURE WISE, IT'LL BE CHEAPER VERSUS DOING ONE AND THEN DOWN THE ROAD DOING ANOTHER, NOT JUST THIS PORTION, BUT THE ENTIRE PROJECT.
SO ARE THEY LOOK, LOOKING AT THE PUBLIC WORKS OF THE SAME SCOPE AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? LIKE IT COULD BE COMPLETELY MOVED TO A NEW LOCATION.
BASICALLY WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT THEY DO IS, UH, AND I'VE WORKED WITH THE, WITH THIS AGENCY IN THE PAST, UM, THEY DON'T, THIS IS, WE WON'T BE GETTING A RENDERING OF A BUILDING.
WE'LL BE GETTING A SPACE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
WE'LL KNOW, OKAY, IF WE ADD THIS MANY EMPLOYEES, THIS MUCH SPACE NEEDS TO BE ADDED.
IF WE HAVE THIS KIND OF EQUIPMENT, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO ADD.
AND SO IN LOOKING AT THE BIG PICTURE, IT WAS NOT JUST THIS SPACE, IT WAS NEEDED, BUT ALSO POTENTIAL LOCATIONS.
SO THEY'LL COME BACK WITH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA GET, THIS IS LIKE, WE WON'T BE SEEING FULL RENDERINGS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THIS WILL BE, THESE ARE THE BLOCKS OF SPACE THAT YOU NEED PER USE, PER TYPE ON A SCHEDULE.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF PLAN OUT IF YOU'RE GONNA PHASE THE DEVELOPMENT, IF YOU'RE GONNA MOVE SLOWLY PIECE BY PIECE OR IF YOU'RE GONNA MOVE EVERYTHING AT ONE TIME OR KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA EXACTLY WHAT YOU, WHAT THAT NEEDS GONNA BE GOING FORWARD.
AND ONCE WE DECIDE, HOW LONG WOULD, I GUESS I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORD MY QUESTION.
WHEN YOU GONNA SEE CONCRETE PORT OR SOMETHING GO VERTICAL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT I MEAN, I MEAN, ARE WE LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE GONNA GIVE US PLANS AT SOMETHING OF, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
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WE'RE GONNA BUILD IT RIGHT THEN? OR IS THIS NO MA'AM.GONNA BE LIKE, NO MA'AM, OVER 10 YEARS YOU'RE GONNA GO THROUGH DIDS AND DO THIS AND ADD THIS AND CORRECT.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS THE FIRST STEP.
AND TYPICALLY WHEN YOU'RE DOING, UH, GENERAL OBLIGATION OR OTHER KIND OF DEBT, THE FINANCE GROUPS WANNA KNOW THAT YOU'VE DONE SOME LEVEL OF PLANNING, NOT JUST SPITBALLED AND SAID, WE NEED A NEW BUILDING AND WE'RE GONNA SPEND $4 MILLION AND THEN YOU COSTING STATE MILLION.
AND SO WHAT YOU DO IS YOU BASICALLY HAVE THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT DONE, YOU FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH SPACE YOU NEED, YOU TRY AND IDENTIFY WHAT THE OPTIMAL PLACEMENT OF THAT SPACE IS, AND THEN YOU COME BACK AND YOU DO A SOLICITATION FOR A FULL DESIGN.
TYPICALLY IT'S ANOTHER FIRM THAT DOES THAT.
UH, AND THEN YOU FIGURE OUT WHAT, WHAT YOU REALLY WANT THE BUILDING TO LOOK LIKE AND FEEL LIKE INSIDE AND OUT.
AND THEN YOU'LL GO GET THE MONEY TO DO THAT.
UM, WE'RE IN THE, OH YEAH, GO AHEAD.
SO WE'RE CURRENTLY, UH, WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, WHICH IS THE CITY'S FINANCIAL ADVISOR ABOUT WHAT OUR DEBT SCALE AND CAPACITY LOOKS LIKE ON A 3, 5, 10, 25 AND 50 YEAR TIME SCALE.
UH, THE PRELIMINARY REPORT CAME IN, WHICH IS BASICALLY INFORMATION WE ALREADY KNEW, IT WAS WHAT OUR CURRENT AMORTIZATIONS LOOK LIKE.
THEY'LL BRING US BACK BASED ON SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT PROJECTS THAT WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA NEED, UH, IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS, THEY'LL BRING US BACK BASICALLY WHAT'S CALLED A DEBT PLAN AND STRATEGY BOOK THAT LAYS OUT HOW WE DO THOSE PRO, HOW WE GET THE FUNDING FOR THOSE PROJECTS TO THEN EXECUTE THOSE PROJECTS.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S UH, IT'S KIND OF A BUILDING BLOCK IF YOU WANT TO THINK.
THIS IS GIVES, IT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE BLOCKS.
IT LOOKS LIKE LEGOS WHEN YOU GET THE THING BACK ON IN GRAPHIC FORM.
UM, AND THEN WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE'LL LAY OUT A PLAN.
SO FIVE YEARS FROM NOW OR THREE YEARS, I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU THAT BUILDING, UH, WE'RE ON A SHORTER TIME HORIZON JUST BECAUSE OF THE NEEDS AND THE, THE STATUS OF THE BUILDING.
UM, BUT YOU TAKE THAT AND THEN YOU PRIORITIZE THIS IS WHEN WE ISSUE THIS AND THIS IS WHEN WE CONSTRUCT THAT.
AND I WILL NOTE THAT THESE ARE THE LAST TWO DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, FIRE HAS FIRE AND EMS HAVE A NEW HOME CALL THAT WHAT IT MAY PARKS HAS A RELATIVELY NEW HOME.
WE HERE IN ADMINISTRATION HAVE A GREAT FACILITY.
UM, COURT HAS A SOLID BUILDING THAT THEY ARE VERY PROUD OF.
SO THIS IS KIND OF THE NATURAL STEP.
THESE ARE THE LAST TWO DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN ADDRESSED IN TERMS OF NEEDS BUT OF, OF, OF A FACILITY OR AN UPGRADE.
SO THEY, THEY HAVE A, THIS COMPANY HAS A VAST EXPERIENCE IN SPECIFICALLY YEAH, GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS.
UH, THE OTHER NICE PART, WELL I DON'T WANNA SAY NICE PART CAUSE IT'S NOT NICE, BUT AS THEY LOOK AT THOSE NEEDS, THEY CAN START PROJECTING SOME COST THAT WILL HELP WITH WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE FUNDS AND, AND BUDGETS AND, AND THAT DOWN THE ROAD AS TO WHAT DIRECTION WE MAY NEED TO GO, WHETHER IT BE SOME TYPE OF DEBT OR WHETHER IT BE A BOND ELECTION, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
THEY ASSIST IN KIND OF GIVING US SOME, SOME GENERAL NUMBERS THAT, THAT WE MAY NEED FOR THAT.
SO THAT'S BECAUSE THEY SPECIALIZE IN GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, THEY KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING OTHERS WELL I WILL SAY WHEN, WHEN WE, WHEN WE BUILT THIS BUILDING AND EXPANDED THAT PORTION OF THERE TO BE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PROBABLY PICKED UP 75% OF THAT BUILDING COMPARED TO 25% THAT THEY OCCUPIED PRIOR TO.
BUT WHEN YOU GO BACK AND YOU LOOK AT WHEN, WHEN THAT HAPPENED, THE CITY WAS HALF, HALF THE, UH, VALUE THAT IT IS NOW.
SO I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE BASICALLY DOUBLED OUR, OUR CAPACITY AND YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, THE THE BUILDING IS 60 PLUS YEARS OLD ON TOP OF THAT.
SO, AND THESE FUNDS ARE COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND? OR DID WE BUDGET FOR THESE? SO DID WE BUDGET IN THE, IN THE CONSTRUCTION WE HAVE, UH, CON FUND 1 0 1 ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE AS FUNDING THE POLICE PORTION.
AND THIS WOULD COME FROM ONE, UH, FUND OH TWO, UH, BUT ALSO FROM THE CAPITAL FLYING EXPENDITURES ON THE ENTERPRISE FUND.
AND WE HAD PREVIOUS, AS I NOTED IN MY MEMO, WE HAD BUDGETED $40,000 FOR THE RATE STUDY.
DECIDED NOT TO DO THAT THIS YEAR, SPLIT 20,000 OFF TO COVER, UH, SOME SURVEY COSTS RELATED TO THE WATER WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN.
WE HAD THIS $20,000 SITTING THERE AND OUR THOUGHT WAS IS THAT'S A NATURAL PLUG AND PLAY.
IF WE'RE ABLE TO GET Y'ALL'S PERMISSION TO DO SO, IT'LL, IT'LL, IT'LL REQUIRE BUDGET AMENDMENT TO MOVE THAT MONEY TO THE, TO BE ALLOCATED FROM BUILDING, CORRECT? CORRECT.
BUT THE MONEY IS IN THE POND MOTION.
CONSIDER A MOTION TO A MOTION APPROVE RESOLUTION 22 20 23.
I'LL SECOND MADE BY COUNSEL PERSON BY SECONDED BY CAPTAIN
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FURTHER DISCUSSION.HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A VOTE.
NEXT ITEM WOULD BE CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 23 DASH 2023 APPROVAL CANCELLATION OF A PURCHASE ORDER FOR A RAPID RESPONSE FIRE APPARATUS CHASSIS WITH ROCKDALE COUNTRY FORD AND APPROVING A PROPOSAL FROM SUDS BARTON SKIER FOR THE FABRICATION AND DELIVERY OF A RAPID RESPONSE FIRE APPARATUS.
AND IT WOULD BE RESOLUTION NUMBER 23 DASH 2023.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF INCLUDE TEXAS APPRO CANCELLATION OF PURCHASE ORDERS FOR A RAPID RESPONSE VEHICLE THROUGH A THROUGH LONE STAR EMERGENCY GROUP.
ROCKDALE COUNTRY FORD DBA CALDWELL COUNTRY FORD FOR A RAPID RESPONSE FIRETRUCK AND APPROVING A PROPOSAL FOR PROCUREMENT OF THE SAME TYPE VEHICLE THROUGH SIDS MARTIN SKIER AND FURTHER RELOCATING FUNDS REMAINING IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAPITAL BUDGET FOR SAID PURPOSE.
WHEREAS THE CITY PREVIOUSLY APPROVED A BUDGET DID FOR THE PURCHASE OF A RAPID RESPONSE TRUCK TO LONG STORY EMERGENCY GROUP ROCKDALE COUNTY FORD FOR A COST OF 197,500.
WHEREAS AFTER 13 MONTHS, THIS TRUCK IS STILL NOT READY FOR CONSTRUCTION OR FITMENT AND WHEREAS THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY PENALTY FOR CANCELING THIS ORDER.
AND WHEREAS THE FIRE CHIEF HAS LOCATED AN APPROPRIATE REPLACEMENT THROUGH AN ALTERNATE VENDOR, WHEREAS SID VENDOR SIDS MARTIN SKIER IS A PARTICIPANT IN THE H G C A H G A C BUY PROGRAM FOR PROCUREMENT AND SERVICES.
WHEREAS CITIZENS BAR MOSQUITO HAS PROVIDED THE CITY WITH A PROPOSAL SET TRUCK WITH THE SAME TYPE PREVIOUSLY SPECIFIED, BUT AT A COST INCREASE OF $23,855 IN COMPARISON.
WHEREAS CITY HAS IDENTIFIED AVAILABLE FUNDS AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAPITAL BUDGET SUFFICIENT TO COVER THIS COST THROUGH REALLOCATION.
NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF FLUTE TEXAS THAT THE PURCHASE ORDER FOR A RAPID RESPONSE FIRETRUCK THROUGH ROCKDALE COUNTY FORD LONE STAR EMERGENCY GROUP IS HEREBY COUNCIL.
AND THE PROPOSAL FOR THE SAME TYPE TRUCK PROVIDED BY SA SA SIDING MARTIN SKIER IS HEREBY APPROVED FURTHER THAT THE FUNDS FROM OH ONE DASH 4 0 9 DASH 49 20 LINE ITEM AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAPITAL BUDGET BE REALLOCATED FOR SAID PURPOSES.
READ PAST AND ADOPTED THIS 13TH DAY OF APRIL, 2023.
IT WOULD BE SIGNED BY MYSELF AT A TESTED BY ROSE APPOINTMENT.
I WOULD NOTE THAT WHEN WE BUDGETED IN 49 20 FOR CAPITAL VEHICLES, WE INCLUDED $25,000 FOR THE POTENTIAL PURCHASE OF A PLATFORM FROM THE CITY OF ALVIN.
I, UH, APPARENTLY DIDN'T ASK NICELY ENOUGH AND SO WE WERE DENIED THAT PURCHASE.
AND SO, UM, WE HAVE A RESIDUAL AMOUNT THERE THAT COULD BE USED TO COVER THE DIFFERENTIAL AND THE COST ON THIS TRUCK.
I'LL LET CHIEF KIND OF EXPLAIN WHERE WE'RE AT.
I KNOW MAYOR HAD AN INTERESTING QUESTION FOR MR. RUP NOW, AND WE'LL PUT YOU ON THE SPOT HERE IN JUST A SECOND.
SO AS FAR AS, UH, CONSTANT, UH, COMMUNICATIONS AND EVERYTHING AS FAR AS WITH, UH, LONG STAR AND UH, ROCKDALE AND UH, ALSO, UH, WILDFIRE AS FAR AS MAKING THE, UH, FRAME ONTO IT, UH, THEIR SAME RESPONSE IS ALWAYS AND EVERYTHING, WE CAN'T ACQUIRE THE, UH, CHASSIS.
SO WE ARE BELL WIRING AND DUCT TAPING AND EVERYTHING.
THE EXISTING TRUCK THAT WE GOT TO HOPE IT MAKE IT THROUGH, UH, CHECKING WITH MANY, MANY, UH, SERVICES AND ALL OF THAT AS FAR AS TO SEE THE AVAILABILITY FOR AVAILABLE CHASSIS.
AND AS FAR AS THE, UH, FRAME THAT WE NEED AS FAR AS THE, UH, RAPID UH, RESPONSE TRUCK, SID MARTIN AND, UH, HAS IDENTIFIED AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE A CHASSIS AVAILABLE AND THEY HAVE BEEN HOLDING ONTO IT BECAUSE THEY HAVE HAD MANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND EVERYTHING TRYING TO GET AHOLD OF IT.
SO CHECKED IN ALL AROUND AND THIS WILL GET AS FAR AS BEING BUILT IN RENTAL, HANG IN A CONVENIENT TIME.
SO BY AS FAR AS AUGUST, OCTOBER AND RENTAL HANG, WE WOULD HAVE THIS TRUCK AND EVERYTHING AVAILABLE WITHOUT HAVING NO ADVANCED NOTICE AND IV EVEN AS FAR AS CONTACTED WILDFIRE AND LONG STORY AND EVERYTHING.
GAVE THEM A LAST CHANCE THIS MORNING AND, UH, HAD NO GOOD REPLY AND EVERYTHING FROM THEM TO THOSE.
AND THIS, THIS VEHICLE IS, UH, A BASICALLY AN HAN SMALL ENOUGH
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VEHICLE IN, IT'LL HANG AS FAR AS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET TO LOW ASPECTS OF FIRES TO BE ABLE TO PREVENT THEM AND EVERYTHING FROM BECOMING LARGER FIRES AND EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE TO THE GO A LARGER APPARATUS.WHAT TRUCK WILL THIS BE REPLACING? THE, UH, EIGHT 11, THE UH, SMALL TRUCK THAT WE HAVE THAT'S WITH THE, UH, I THINK IT'S A CHEVROLET GMC MODEL.
THAT CHEVROLET NEVER HANG WITH THE, UH, PORTABLE BED ON IT TO IT.
IT'S AN 86 MODEL, CORRECT? YEAH, 86, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO REMEMBER.
AND THIS COMPARED TO WHAT WE WAS TRYING TO GET IN THOUGH IS ONLY HALF THE TRUCK.
NO, NO, THE TRUCK WE GETTING NOW HAN IS MUCH BETTER.
WE HAD BUDGETED FOR THE RAPID RESPONSE VEHICLE, $200,000.
WE HAD BUDGETED SOME MONEY IN THERE FOR CHIEF TO GET A NEW COMMAND VEHICLE.
AND THEN WE HAD ALSO BUDGETED FOR A PLATFORM TRUCK THAT THEY HAD ATTEMPTED TO AUCTION OFF TWICE, BUT THEY FAILED TO SELL.
I MADE THE OFFER TO THE CITY OF ALVIN, WHICH WAS NOT APPARENTLY WELL RECEIVED.
AND SO, UH, WE HAVE THAT RESIDUAL FUNDS ON THE PLATFORM THAT WE COULD APPLY TOWARDS THIS CHASSIS IN THIS TRUCK, WHICH IS THE RAPID RESPONSE VEHICLE.
AND AS CHIEF NOTED THAT IT'S REPLACING THE OLD CHEVY, THAT IS A LOT OF FUN TO DRIVE, UM, SOMETIMES AND UH, THIS WOULD ACTUALLY, I THINK COMPLETE THE ACTUAL TURNOVER, THE ENTIRE FLEET EXCEPT FOR THE, UH, TANKER AND EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR THE TANK.
YEAH, WE WERE STILL WAITING ON THE TANK, BUT THEY DO HAVE THE CHASSIS ALREADY.
THEY'RE BUILDING THAT TRUCK RIGHT NOW.
SO, SO WHEN ARE WE GONNA GET THIS VEHICLE? WELL THAT WAS IF WE EVER GET YEAH, MAY MAYOR, MAYOR MADE A NOTE.
UH, THE PRIOR CONTRACT DID NOT HAVE A CANCELLATION NOTICE.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IN MY MEMO THAT I NOTED THIS, THIS TRUCK, IF WE DECIDE TO CANCEL IT DOES HAVE A CANCELLATION PENALTY.
AND MAYOR ASKED AND WE'RE GONNA PUT MR. UPNO ON THE SPOT.
IS THERE A DEL FAILURE TO DELIVERY PENALTY?
IS THERE A FAILURE TO DELIVER PENALTY
AND THIS IS JASON R NOW FROM SIDS MARTIN AND WELCOME TO YOU.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE MY CONCERN COMES FROM.
SO SKIER IS BUILT OVER 500, UH, WE CALL 'EM SKIER.
BRUSH TRUCK IS WHAT THE, THE, IS WHAT SKIER'S CALLED, BUT IS A RAPID RESPONSE VEHICLE.
SO WE'VE BUILT, WE'VE BUILT 500 OF THESE VEHICLES.
WE, UH, WE HAVE ON THE PROPOSAL WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE COUPLE OF MONTHS LEAD TIME.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, COVID AND EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED, WE HAVE THAT SET IN PLACE FOR A REASON.
UH, THERE IS NO DELIVERY CLAUSE ON THAT, BUT THE LIKELIHOOD OF BEING NOT DELIVERED, I MEAN WE WOULD'VE SOME MAJOR ISSUE TO, TO STOP THAT.
SO, WELL, YEAH, JUST ONE POINT OUT IN THE, IN THE CONTRACT, UM, THERE'S NO DEADLINE FOR THEM TO DELIVER.
IT HAS, IT HAS CLAUSE IN THERE SAYING, HEY, DUE TO SUPPLY CHAIN, WE CAN'T PREDICT WHEN WE'RE GOING TO DELIVER IT.
SO THEY ACTUALLY HAVE NO REQUIREMENT TO DELIVER IT AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME.
BUT THERE IS A CANCELLATION POLICY AND IT'S PRETTY LIBERAL IN THEIR FAVOR.
BASICALLY, WHEN YOU SIGN THE CONTRACT, IF YOU CANCEL IT'S 10%.
WHEN THEY DO DRAWINGS, IT GOES TO 20% AND IF THEY ACQUIRE ANY MATERIAL FOR THE PROJECT A BOLT, THEN IT'S 30%.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE CONTRACT IS, YOU KNOW, WE WILL HAVE PROBLEMS IF WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEM, THEN WE'D HAVE THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE A YEAR AND WE HAVE NO TRUCK AND NO PROGRESS.
BECAUSE WE CAN'T CANCEL, WE'LL HAVE TO PAY 30%.
SO WE WOULD PREFER A CONTRACT THAT SAYS WE'RE GONNA DELIVER BY X DATE OR THE PRICE GOES DOWN
IF WE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THIS CONTRACT'S IN Y'ALL'S FAVOR.
IF WE MADE ONE IN OUR FAVOR, IT WOULD GO THE OTHER WAY.
SO, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THOSE, THAT'S THE CONCERNS FOR THE PROPOSED CONTRACT IS SINCE WE DID HAVE THIS BAD EXPERIENCE ALREADY AND, AND I THINK IT'S PRETTY COMMON THROUGH SUPPLY CHAIN THAT IT'S TAKING A LOT LONGER.
BUT, UH, UH, MY CONCERN IS IF THEY NEVER, IF WE'RE HERE ONE YEAR, TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS AND WE STILL DON'T HAVE A TRUCK, THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT FOR THEM TO DO ANYTHING AND WE'LL PROBABLY END UP PAYING 30% OF THE PRICE JUST TO CANCEL.
IT IS IN HILLS ROAD, TEXAS IS THERE READY TO GET STARTED.
THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO, IF UH, CLETE OR ANOTHER DEPARTMENT DOESN'T GO THROUGH WITH IT, IT'S GONNA END UP TURNING AND BECOMING A, UH, PROBABLY A STOCK DEMO UNIT IS WHERE IT'S GONNA BE.
SO THERE IS NO, YOU KNOW, IN WRITING.
BUT I MEAN, HERE'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
IT'S UH, WE BUILD, WE BUILD, WE BUILD 500 OF THESE TRUCKS AND IT'S UH, WE STICK TO WHAT OUR
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PROPOSALS SAY.THAT'S ANOTHER THING IS WE DON'T, WE DON'T ACTUALLY COME BACK AND ASK FOR MONEY AND WHAT WE SIGNED IS WHAT IT IS.
SO, SO, SO WHAT WOULD BE YOUR ESTIMATE AS WHEN WE WOULD RECEIVE THE TRUCK IF WE SIGNED THE CONTRACT TONIGHT? SO AS THE CONTRACT STATES, IT'S UH, NOT EIGHT TO NINE MONTHS.
SO THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, I ACTUALLY DID TONIGHT.
I LOOKED AT, WE'RE LOOKING RIGHT AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR THE CHIEF.
SAY AGAIN? CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
MIKE, CAN YOU QUICK SOME OF IT ON WHAT A PART OF IT IS THE, AS FAR AS FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT, AS FAR AS UH, WHAT, WHAT'S ON THE TRUCK? ON THE TRUCK, ANYTHING SPECIFIC? IT, IT HAS A PORTABLE PUMP ONTO, IT HAS LANE TO BE ABLE TO, UH, PUMP FOAM ALSO.
UH, AND IT HAS AS FAR AS FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE ASPECTS TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO, UH, TIDY AREAS.
IT IS A, UH, STRAIGHT FRONT, UH, FLEET SIDE VEHICLE.
UH, AND IF IT HAS THE, UH, FRONT MONITOR ONTO IT, SO WE CAN GO UP TO, UH, EXMARK SUCH AS CAR FIRES OR ANY OF THAT AND GRAPHICALLY AND THEY'LL HAND, UH, DISPERSE AND THEY'LL HAND AS FAR AS, UH, DILUTION ONTO THE, UH, VEHICLE OR A UH, SET FIRE.
CAN I ASK YOU A, A QUESTION? YEAH.
IS THIS A TRUCK WE NEED OR IS THIS A TRUCK WE WANT? NO, IT'S A TRUCK.
WE NEED THAT FOR HONEST ASPECT AND EVERYTHING IS FOR US.
WE TRY TO PUT OUT THE SMALLER TRUCKS TO GET OUT IN THEIR LANE AND GET CONTROL ONTO IT.
AND AS FAR AS IT'S A VEHICLE IN LANE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE CLASS A LICENSE AND STUFF ONTO THERE.
I JUST KIND OF QUESTIONED THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE EVERYTHING'S PAVED IN INCLUDE.
WELL WE HAVE MANY AREAS IN EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE TO GET BEHIND AND AREAS.
WE'VE GOT SOME STUFF IN LINE WITH THAT OTHER TRUCK.
MATTER OF FACT, YOU, Y'ALL CAME OUT AND PULLED US UP
YEAH, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT HERE INCLUDE CITY LIMITS IN OUR J OUR OUR RESPONSE AREAS.
UH, ONE OF THE, UH, ONE OF OUR RESPONSE AREAS AND WE IS THE, UH, LANDFILL.
UNFORTUNATELY I HATE IT, BUT IT'S THERE AND WE'VE HAD GONE OUT THERE SEVERAL TIMES AND I BUT WHEN YOU GET THIS TRUCK THERE, WE HAVE TO HAVE A TANKER OR OR PUMPER THERE TO HOOK THIS TRUCK TOO.
IT HAS A FOUR ADDITIONAL WATER PIPE.
SO TO BE ABLE TO SURPASS AND AIRPLANE GET, GET STARTED.
AND THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER, UH, WATER SOURCE AND EVERYTHING.
I THINK IT SAYS IT HAS 400 TANK, 400 GALLON TANK AND IT DOES HAVE A FOAM TANKER HAS ACCESS TO TIE INTO A FOAM TANK.
IT DOES HAVE A HANG ON FOAM TANK.
IT HAS A SMALL FOAM TANK AND THEN WE HAVE THE, UH, ABILITY AND IT'LL HANG IN TO UH, WHAT WE CALL AS FAR AS PUTTING AN INDUCTOR INTO IT, ONTO IT.
AND WE CAN DRAFT FROM A, UH, A TOW 200, UH, FIVE GALLON TOW IF WE HAVE TO.
FROM SOMEBODY THAT DRIVES A HALF TON TRUCK.
WHAT IS A F FIVE 50? FIVE 50 IS A UH, IT'S GOT THE F IT'S GOT THE F IN FRONT OF US SO HE MAY BE A LITTLE, IT'S A TON AND A HALF.
WELL IT'S GOTTA BE RATED UNDER 26,000.
THAT'S ABOUT THE SIZE OF AN AMBULANCE.
I'M SURE IT'S ON TALLER TIRES.
AND TO GO REALLY COOL LOOKING RED FOR WHAT? ONE TO TWO 50 IS BUT THAT'S THE BIGGEST ONE ABOUT THE BIGGEST ONE NUMBER.
THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THE FIVE 50 IS THE GEAR RATIO BECAUSE YOU GET IT OFF ROAD AND THE TIRES WILL TURN TO SPEED OF SMELL
BUT THEY'RE CARRIED FOR CARRY CAPACITY FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY WANT.
I'M SURE YOU GOT EIGHT GALLON PER UH, GALLON AND THEY GOT 400 GALLONS AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE WEIGHT ADDS UP.
SO 400 GALLON OF WATER IS NOT LIGHT.
MIKE WITH THIS TRUCK, 4 54 IS THIS, IS THIS VEHICLE ONE THAT IF A FIRE GETS CALLED, IS THIS THE FIRST VEHICLE THAT GOES OUT OR IS THIS JUST FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES? YES, AS FAR AS THE HANG, AS FAR THE CALL END OF THE FIRE AND STUFF ONTO THERE.
MM-HMM
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SOME SMALL STREETS AND SOME UH, COMPLEXES.LIKE I SAID, MY CON MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, WE'VE BEEN WAITING 16 MONTHS ON THE OTHER ONE.
I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T WANT TO.
MY SITUATION, THE CHECKING I DID AND ALL THAT IS WAS WE MADE SURE HAN BENDER HAD CHASSIS IN HAND AND THEY'VE BEEN GRACIOUS AND TO BE ABLE TO HOLD ONTO IT.
MAKE DID THEY SAY THEY BILL 500 OR YOU'RE GOING TO BILL 500? WE'VE BUILT 500.
SO YOU'VE ALREADY GOT 499 OF 'EM IN SERVICE? NO, WE ACTUALLY HAVE OVER 500 IN SERVICES AND IT IS, WELL THEY EXPECT REASONING WE DIDN'T GO NEED TO GO WITH THEM AND THEY'RE HANGING IN THE FIRST PLACE AND THEY WAS A CHEAPER LITTLE PRICE AND EVERYTH LAND AT THE BEGINNING OF, YEAH.
BUT WE SEE AND EVERYTHING, THE ASPECT EL THEY CAN'T GET CHASSIS'S.
MEAN EVERYTHING'S GONE UP IN THE LAST 16 MONTHS.
UH, WE, I GUESS I THINK THE CONTRACTOR, ARE WE STILL ON CANCELING THE PO? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING OR? NO, THIS IS ALL ONE THING.
IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL ONE ALL ONE RESOLUTION.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? IT'S ALL IN THE SAME RE IT'S ALL IN THE SAME RESOLUTION.
YOU DO, YOU DO ONE, YOU DO BOTH AND THE OTHER, THE TRUCK AND EVERYTHING.
EIGHT 11 AND
THE TANK IS LEAKING AND THEN THE CHASSIS HAS RUSTED IN THE FRAME.
THAT'S A ONE TON TOO, ISN'T IT? YEAH, IT'S JUST A ONE TON.
ANYONE CARE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 23 DASH 2023 AS READ MADE BY COUNCIL QUINN? DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND COUNCIL.
BEN AGUILAR MAKES A SECOND FURTHER DISCUSSION.
I WOULD PREFER TO SIGN A CONTRACT THAT'S, UH, AS FAVORABLE TO US AS IT IS.
I'M GIVE IN THE BACKYARD BACK AND
WELL, I KNOW I'M GONNA GO VISIT THEM.
I'M GONNA BE A, A PAIN, I RESPECT.
OKAY, HAVE A MOTION TO A SECOND PENDING.
WE WANNA SEE IT BACK CHRISTMAS.
WE WANNA SIT IT FROM THANKSGIVING.
I WANNA RIDE IN IT INTO THE CHRISTMAS PARADE.
NEXT ITEM WOULD BE TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 DASH 2023.
DENIAL OF APPLICATION FOR DISTRIBUTION COSTS, RECOVERY FACTOR, D C R F AND RATE RANGE CHANGES RELATED TO IT.
RYDER, T E E E F SUBMITTED BY CENTER POINT ENERGY, HOUSTON ELECTRIC LLC, AND AUTHORIZED CITY PARTICIPATION IN A COALITION FOR HEARINGS AT THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS.
I THINK WE KIND OF JUST WENT THROUGH SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS ON THIS WAS GAS LAST.
LAST, A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO.
BE RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 DASH 2023.
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY OF CLTE, TEXAS CITY DENYING THE DISTRIBUTION AND COST RECOVERY FACTOR RATE REQUEST OF CENTER POINT ENERGY, HOUSTON ELECTRIC, LLC, AND, AND ITS INCREASE IN RATES UNDER ITS RIDER.
T E E E F APPLICATION MADE ON OR ABOUT APRIL 5TH, 2023.
AUTHORIZING PARTICIPATION IN COALITION OF SIMILARLY SITUATED CITIES AUTHORIZING PARTICIPATION IN RELATED RAPE PROCEEDINGS REQUIRING THE REIMBURSEMENT OF MUNICIPAL RATE CASE EXPENSES AUTHORIZING THE RETENTION OF SPECIAL COUNSEL AND PROVIDING THAT THE MEETING COMPLIES
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THAT THE MEETING COMPLIES WITH THE OVER MEETINGS ACT, PROVIDING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT AND DECLARING AND EFFECTIVE DATE.I'M NOT GONNA READ THE REST OF IT.
AS MAYOR POINTED OUT, THIS IS, UH, SIM THIS IS THE ELECTRIC STATUS CENTER POINT MAKING NERVE REQUESTS FOR AN INCREASE IN RATES JUST LIKE THE, UH, THE GAS THAT WE ACTED ON LAST TIME.
AND WE WOULD PARTICIPATE AGAIN WITH T C U C TO PLEAD OUR CASE AT THE PUC.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S THE SAME ATTORNEY HERRERA HERRERA.
YOU WANT CARE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 24.
SO THIS IS US PUSHING BACK AND, OKAY, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
YEAH, WE'RE BASICALLY SAYING CENTER POINT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU THINK YOU NEED THIS MONEY, BUT WE DON'T THINK THAT THE RATE IS ADEQUATE OR EQUITABLE TO OUR, OUR CUSTOMERS.
WE WANT A HEARING AND WE WANT TO FIGHT YOU IN AT THE PUC WHERE WE HAVE THAT VENUE USED.
WE, HOW'D THAT BEEN USED? WE WANT JUSTIFICATION FOR THE INCREASE.
YEAH, BASICALLY WHAT IT'S GONNA BALL DOWN TO, THEY'VE GOT TO EXPLAIN WHERE, WHERE ALL THE ADDITIONAL CALLS AND ALL THAT INVOLVED.
OR WE WANT CHRIS TO MAKE THAT MOTION.
I'LL SECOND THANK IT BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR DISCUSSION.
I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING EVERY YEAR FOR YEARS.
I MEAN, IT'S A, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY COME IN WITH THIS THING EVERY YEAR.
I I KNOW HERRERA AND HERRERA HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR THE CITY FOR AT LEAST 12 OR 15 YEARS YEAH.
SO, UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN THE VOTE.
[V. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION - 551.087]
NEXT ITEM WILL BE A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.5 5 1 0.087 FOR CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSIONS AS AUTHORIZED BY DETECTIVES OVER THE MEDIAN ACT.
ONE GO CO CITY ATTORNEY CONCERNING, PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION, SETTLEMENT OFFERS OR OTHER MATTERS OF WHICH DUTY THE ATTORNEY TO THE CITY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS.
COMPLETELY CONFLICT WITH CHAPTER 5 51.
ITEM ONE, DISCUSSION OF POTENTIAL IMMINENT DOMAIN.
THAT BEING SAID, WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SECTION.
MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR THAT WE COME BACK INTO OPEN SESSION SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WIN.
ITEM B IS ACTION TAKEN AS A RESULT OF CLOSING EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THERE'S NO ACTION TAKEN THIS EVENING.
[VI. NOTICE/ANNOUNCEMENT OF UPCOMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS]
UH, THE NEXT ITEM WILL BE NOTICE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS.THE BAM FESTIVAL IS AT THE TARION THEATER.
SATURDAY, APRIL 15TH, 2023, STARTING AT NOON, REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAY, APRIL 27TH AT 7:00 PM NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER.
THURSDAY, MAY 4TH AT 12:00 PM INCLUDE CITY HALL GENERAL ELECTION AND CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTIONS.
SATURDAY MAY 6TH, SEVEN TO SEVEN AT THE EVENT CENTER AND THE NEXT ITEM WILL BE ADJOURN.
EXECUTIVE BY COUNCIL PERSON BOND PENDING.